Fourth and final part of Summer Day.

27! - Mid-Summer's Dawn

One year and seven months after Yami's revival from his coma.

Next Day, Early Morning

Atem tightened the straps of his apron that were just previously tied around his waist. He was almost done with cooking, wouldn't be long before breakfast was finished. Just a little more preparation, maybe some more sprinkles of seasoning and everything would be done. He stood in front of the stove and picked up the spatula in his hand. Behind him, he could hear the footsteps of his lovers walking by him to get to the table and sit down. They just got finished getting dressed in their work clothes. Then, Atem heard small pitter patter of much smaller feet. After a few mewls, he realized that was Hikari. He could hear Yugi's delighted voice in the background, greeting her with sickening lovey dovey noises. With a smile, the Egyptian paid this no mind and continued making their morning meal.

Yugi giggled at the small animal's purrs, picking her up and petting her affectionately as she meowed. With slightly shaking hands, he placed her in his lap and rubbed her head, getting behind her ears. She closed her eyes with bliss, purring louder while her tail wrapped around herself for more comfort. Yami, who looked very sleepy, glanced over at them and yawned. He started smiling as well, until Yugi paused and began to frown. With a tired blink, Yami asked what was wrong.

"Something wrong?"

The hacker tightened his frown, his brows furrowing as he began patting his fingers against Hikari's white fluffy stomach. "Hmm," He was mumbling to himself while narrowing eyes. Was this a lump? It was small but, it felt a bit abnormal. "I don't know if this is just fat, or..." He didn't finish his sentence. He blinked when the feline began to meow uncomfortably. "O-Oh, that's just one of your nipples." He chuckled. "Gomen, Hikari-chan." He then shook his head and cracked a smile. "Nah, she's fine."

Yami raised a brow. "Are you sure? I could scan her with my eyes if you'd like."

"Nope, absolutely not." Yugi instantly protested while shaking his head. "We're doing your surgery today, you can't use your eyes for anything for the time being." He advised sternly. "Got it?" He repeated. "Absolutely nothing." He saw Yami sigh and nod in return.

Atem silently placed down their plates while humming a tune, steam flowing up into the air as deliciousness greeted them with a gorgeous presentation of food. Golden pancakes, sunny side up eggs and some white rice. They thanked their housewife for the lovely meal, to which Atem graciously gave them both a middle finger before walking back to the stove to clean up. However, just as he turned to walk away, Yami casually leaned over and gave him a nice smack on the ass. "..!" The Egyptian instantly froze up, while the other two snickered at his reaction. With a steady inhale, Atem turned back around to face Yami and bent forward to look him in the eye. He then snatched his black work tie and yanked him forward with one hand, before tilting his head to the side and closing his eyes to place a kiss on his lips.

Yami was put off at first, until his eyes became half lidded and began to enjoy the kiss. He liked it even more when he gripped the back of his hair. And then, he realized he wasn't able to breathe. Yami's eyes widened in alarm, he couldn't fucking breathe. Every breath he tried to take, every time he inhaled through his nose, Atem snatched it up through his mouth. He made muffled noises of panic, desperately pushing his boyfriend's face away so he could breathe again. A low and evil chuckle left the Egyptian's throat before he released Yami while exhaling deeply. That was all the air he had stole from him in that kiss alone. Yami nearly passed out on the table, while Yugi cackled with laughter.

With a sultry lick of his lips, Atem wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. "Mmn," He crossed his arms as Yami coughed and patted his own chest. "Learned that one from Ishtar."

Yugi ceased his laughter. "Really? You l-learned that from Ishizu-chan? When? And," He squinted his eyes suspiciously. "How?"

The ex-assassin rolled his eyes. "Don't get any ideas, she showed me by practicing on these weird plastic mannequins. They were built to release air through their noses. She taught me how to literally take someone's breath away by stealing all the oxygen a normal human gets through their nostrils, from their mouth during a kiss." He pointed to his throat, then his nose and mouth. "After all, the nose, throat and mouth are all connected. It takes some breath control to do it right, but it's not that hard to figure out."

The hacker grinned. "Oooh, is that how you learned to kiss so good?"

"No," Atem smirked. "I learned on my own like pretty boy over here."

Yami couldn't reply. "..." He was still trying to fix his breathing patterns with his face planted on the counter.

"So," The housewife continued nonchalantly as he walked back to the stove. "You're finally gonna get his surgery done today, huh?"

Yugi made a nervous smile as he carefully picked up his fork. "Y-Yeah, hopefully Yami-kun won't freak out. We finally figured out everything that we need to do in order to safely reprogram his eyes."

"Why would pretty boy freak out?" He asked as he began clearing the dishes out of the sink.

"Well," The hacker trailed off. "It involves needles, test tubes, a bunch of wires and surgical tools like any normal surgery." He watched as Yami slowly lifted his head and stressfully sighed. The agent picked up his eating utensils and began to dig in as well. "We're hoping h-he doesn't black out and, you know, do his 'thing'."

Yami poked his fork into the gooey orange blob of his egg's yolk. "We talked about it like, three in the morning. Yugi had a nightmare and he startled us. He told you to go to sleep, but he wanted me to stay up to talk about the surgery since he was already up." He stabbed it inside of the egg, watching it's essence leak through the fork's prongs. "I told him that I hadn't blacked out in a while now, so I should be good. At first, the very thought of needles made me see nothing but red, but now I think I'll be okay."

Yugi gave him a promising smile. "Ishizu trained me extensively with medical science since I've been back at work, and I remember things p-pretty well. I know exactly what to do, and she's gonna help me along with some other staff." He patted Yami's knee under the table for reassurance. "You'll be fine, Yami-kun."

The agent placed a piece of egg in his mouth, chewing and swallowing before replying. "I know, I trust you."

Before he knew it, hours went by.

The doctors were already prepared for Yami to step into one of their operation rooms to get started. Okay, he admitted it, he was a little nervous. They told him he'd have to take off his suit when he arrived, that he would be changed into a more sanitary outfit once inside of the room. It was already around eleven O clock, nearly early noon. The Superiors already knew about his surgery, and relieved Yami of the rest of his duties until further notice. Seto was also informed about the operation a few days ago, as Yugi scheduled and announced it in the workplace a couple weeks ago. He wasn't too worried though, since he knew his little brother could handle it, and he trusted Ishizu more than anyone else in the facility.

Mana had walked in his office and asked for him to follow her to the operation room, giving him her signature energetic grin. Yami sighed and stood up from his desk to join her, allowing the girl to walk and escort him to the science ward. It'd take a while since they were on different floors, so the agent decided to make small talk to distract himself from his appointment. "So..." He trailed off as they walked down the hall towards the elevator. "Will you be joining us in the operation?"

The girl nodded, shaking her short dark brunette hair. "Yup, I'll be assisting Yugi and Ishizu with your programming. Kinda why I'm dressed like this," She pointed to herself, as her outfit consisted of an obnoxious looking surgical uniform. "There's some tricks I know that they don't, but they know a bunch of stuff that I don't know either. Plus," She smirked confidently. "Since I used to be a traitor to Gozaburo, I got some blueprints from the old experimentation building that has to do with the design of your eyes."

Yami's eyes widened. "You, you had blueprints to my eyes this whole time?"

Mana twisted her mouth in an unsure frown. "Ehh, sorta. I don't have the whole thing, only a few pages that has to do with your programming. Thankfully they're enough for Yugi to work with, but still. Not only that, but I don't have the physical papers, I only have the memory of them." She said while tapping her forehead. He noticed her nails were painted light blue.

"Really?" Yami asked. "You remembered word for word on those blueprints? Every number, every measurement?"

She put her hands on her hips, a confident smile returning to her face. "Yup, that's right. I never said anything because I wanted to make sure I remembered all of it perfectly. Once I heard about Yugi wanting to do an operation on you several months ago, I took this whole time drawing it all out to make new blueprints." She gave him a wink underneath her prescription glasses. "I gave them a copy, and Yugi went to town with it. He's got everything mapped out!"

The agent was very much impressed with the girl's efforts. Blueprints for anything was a lot of hard work, but to memorize every single detail appropriately? That was asking for the impossible. That meant she wrote down every inch, every centimeter, every line or circle that was included in the original prints. She managed to replicate it all accordingly. He returned a small smile back to her with gratitude. "That's really impressive, Mana. No wonder Atem's so proud of you."

That made her cheeks color pink. "...Huh?"

"I'm grateful," He said as they walked in front of the many elevators. "And I'm glad I have people here who I can actually trust." He pushed his index finger on the button to go down, and a ding was heard.

They both joined each other inside, riding down a couple floors to arrive at the science ward. It was super busy right now, probably other scientists and hackers trying to do last minute preparations for their leaders' absence. Yugi and Ishizu, their bosses, would be busy working on Yami's face, so they wouldn't be able to do their regular jobs for a while until everything was over and done with. As they arrived on the floor, Mana began bragging about Yugi's recent position as the leader of the science ward. Thanks to Atem giving him those dragon earrings, people were now calling him The Dragon of D75. Whenever his black lab coat floated around, people gazed with respect.

With admiration, she clasped her hands together with a bright smile. "He's so cool! He's like a natural born leader, and he always knows what to do."

This made the agent happy to know that Yugi truly was a great veteran. Dartz and his father would have been proud, but he knew for sure Ishizu was. That's when he realized something, would Atem appear sometime soon? The thought of him coming here clicked in his mind the second he was reminded of Yugi's earrings. He turned to his boyfriend's little sister. "Mana, do you know if Atem is coming for the surgery? I didn't get the chance to ask him before we left the house." He knew Atem would be starting his new job tonight at that bar Ms. Wong owned, but it was still very early in the day. He didn't ride with them to D75, he only bid them farewell with a peck on the cheek. He meant to ask him and Yugi if he'd be coming for support.

"My brother?" She shrugged. "He texted me a littler earlier, he said he'd swing by to check up on you. He said he had to go to the bar to help Vivian clean things up. That's why she still isn't here either." She looked ahead of them to see that they were nearing the operation room, walking past bowing hackers and scientists who greeted them with respect. "She called Ishizu saying she'd be late." She turned to Yami and smiled. "Your brother is here, though. Joey and Mokuba wanted to be here too, but D75 don't want outsiders here. Mokuba may have already been here before, but that's only because he was in protective custody thanks to Gozaburo. Since that isn't the case anymore, they don't want him here."

Yami rolled his eyes, of course the Superiors didn't want them here. Should have figured that. He felt her pat his shoulder, her white teeth revealed as she grinned.

"But don't worry about that! Everything'll be cool, Seto made the Superiors postpone his schedule until later so he could be here for you."

Yes, that's right. Everything would be fine.

He sighed in an exhale, some relief washing over him and ridding him of his anxiety. Before they knew it, they were walking along the polished white tile floors of the operation room. The place was huge and incredibly spacious, and it even had a small room to the far right. Probably a bathroom. It was certainly very clean, and he even saw one of the scientists who worked here on their knees, scrubbing parts of the floor with a sponge and white gloves. There were shiny clean metal tables filled to the brim with both mechanical and medical supplies, including...Needles. Yami slowly swallowed, closing his eyes as he forced himself to ignore any negative thoughts.

There was an operation bed, medical machines wired and hooked up to it nearby. Beside the bed were both his number one boss and his lover, talking to each other with other computer scientists about the blueprints Mana mentioned before. They were in Yugi's hands, pointing and explaining some of it. Damn, Yugi looked really professional. Yugi usually hated formal clothing, but because of how sanitary this room had to be, you couldn't just waltz in with anything. He had on a bright white surgical uniform on, as did everyone else. He had the white gloves, the sanitary slippers, the gaudy oversized medical drape that covered eighty percent of their body, everything. They all even had the procedure masks, pulled down so they can speak without sounding muffled.

There was something else too, Yugi had his hair pulled back in a pony tail. Huh. He didn't know they could do that with their hair. He looked good with it, though. After all, you couldn't have long hair in a surgical room, it had to be tied up underneath those surgical caps. Ishizu's back length hair was also tightly wrapped up. They all also had goggles strapped on the their heads, probably for the engineering part of the surgery.

After a few seconds of surveying his surroundings, the doctors all looked up from the plans and greeted Yami. Yugi smiled warmly at him, and Yami did the same. "Hey." He said, while everyone else greeted him more formally. The hacker placed the blueprints down on one of the many metal desks surrounding the area and walked over to his boyfriend. "Welp," He began. "We're just about ready so, all we need you to do is take off your suit in the bathroom over there and put on the sanitary clothes that's hung up for you."

Yami nodded. "Okay. I'll be quick."

"Alright." He leaned closely to put a kiss on his cheek and watched him walk away to the door on the far right of the room. He looked over at Mana, and gestured for her to follow him back to the operation table. "Come on Mana-chan, get on your goggles."

She saluted proudly. "Yes sir!"

In about a few minutes, Yami returned with nothing but a hospital gown on his person. Once he took another step away from the bathroom, he was suddenly sprayed with something. He abruptly began coughing, obviously startled by the sudden action. "The hell-!?" With one sniff, he realized it was some kind of bacteria-killing gas. It wasn't harmful to the human body, it would just kill the germs. Still, it gave him a hissing cooling sensation on his skin. A doctor bowed to him and made a small apology, saying this was incredibly necessary for the operation.

"Sorry about that Mr. Sennen, just keeping you clean before we get started." He said.

Yami sighed and continued onwards to the operation table, while the other doctors in different places of the room were getting some supplies ready. Ishizu was standing by the bed, asking Yami to please lay down. He did as he was told, climbing on top to lay on his back. Suddenly, the lights were off, with only one single lamp above his head still illuminating the entire bed. Then, more doctors walked over to the bed with their masks firmly pulled onto their mouths. Yugi and Mana were there, protective goggles on their eyes. His lover stood right beside him, his gloved hand placing itself on his shoulder blade. "Kaiba and Atemu are here, they're just outside."

Yami gulped again, he was getting nervous like before. They didn't have to crowd up on him like this. "...Okay." He said slowly. "Do you, know how long this is going to take?" He asked softly.

"Well," Yugi said, his voice slightly muffled thanks to the mask. "Regular eye surgery doesn't take too long at all, but since you're technically a cyborg, it might take a whole lot longer than that." He caressed the side of Yami's face with lowered eyes. "We have to be extremely careful with what we're doing. We're not just taking stuff out of you, we're putting stuff in you too. And let's not forget, your eyes won't be the only thing we mess with either. We gotta go in your head."

The agent closed his eyes tightly. Okay, maybe he shouldn't have asked. "Shit..." He mumbled. "Okay, okay..." He repeated.

The hacker smiled sympathetically under his mask. "Poor thing. You're so anxious."

"Of course I am, Yugi. I...This is," He bit his lip. "I'm, uncomfortable with all this."

"I know," He replied with a gentle voice. "I can't imagine how you feel right now, but it's me Yami-kun." He reminded. "It's me. Ishizu-chan is here, Mana-chan is here, and Atemu and your brother are just outside. I swear," He rubbed his shoulder. "Nothing bad will happen to you. Everyone here is going to make sure you come out right as rain. I promise." He stood up straight from the bed, his hand gradually drifting away from his face. Ishizu slowly pulled up a blanket to over up Yami's body. Oh God, it was almost time. "Now, we don't know how well you are with needles as of now, so we're going to restrain you just in case. Is that okay?"

This was everything Yugi told him last night. Fearing of an outburst, they would be forced to restrain Yami to make sure he wouldn't cause a ruckus. He knew this was coming. Slowly, Yami opened his eyes and nodded. He suddenly felt dozens of hands grasp his wrists and ankles, straps of the bed were now being hooked around his limbs and buckled down. Don't think about it, don't think about it, don't think about it at all...

"Damn you Z-9, would you stay still already? Strap him up immediately!"

"N-No! Let me go! Let...me...! GO!"

Don't think about it, don't think about it, don't fucking think about it...

Yugi reminded him that he was doing great. "Good, good. Now keep looking at me, don't use your eyes for anything." He reached down to grasp Yami's hand, holding it tightly to make him feel safe. "You're doing great, Yami." He praised him.

Don't look at anything else. Don't look at anything else. Don't look at them holding down your arm, don't look at them tapping the pointy needle. Don't look at them poke it into your skin, don't look at them inject the contents of the liquid. Don't look, don't look, for God's sake, please do not look...His heart was beating tremendously. He then heard the rapid beeps of a heart monitor in the background. Oh God, they were only hooking him up to an IV.

Damn it.

"It was just the IV, Yami-kun. It's okay." He continued giving him soothing words of comfort. He started to chuckle a little to lighten the mood as the doctors poked more wires into Yami's skin. He was becoming restless, and they couldn't have that. "Hey, remember when Atemu accidentally sliced my eye?"

Yami wanted to laugh with him at the memory, but he was too rattled up to do so. He was trembling against the bed, he was starting to sweat. He still wouldn't look away from Yugi, he refused to. "Yeah, you were fighting over a cookie. Right?"

The hacker tried his best to keep him calm. "Yup, all for a cookie. It was my fault though, I kneed him in the nuts."

"H-Heheh..." He chuckled a bit. "Yeah, that was pretty-A-Aah...!" He became alarmed again. "It's in me, I feel it-!" He started fidgeting, they were injecting a long a needle into his body right now. His fists were tightening, he was crushing Yugi's hand. He squeezed his eyes shut.

It's a good thing he couldn't feel Yami crush his bones, and it was also a good thing he could regenerate. Yugi hushed him. "Shh, it's almost over. It's almost over, Yami. All you have to do is count backwards from ten, okay? Count back with me."

Count back from ten? That was weird, but he didn't have a choice. Anything to distract himself from the needle. "O...Okay..."

"Alright, ready? Ten,"

"Te-"

...

Aaaand, just like that, Yami was out.

Yugi sighed and let go of his hand. He took one last gaze at his now unconscious boyfriend, before turning to Ishizu beside him. "He's out, finally." He glanced at the rest of the scientists looming over Yami's body. "Let's get this started, shall we?"

The Egyptian woman agreed. "Indeed."

Five hours passed.

Five, whole hours.

Atem and Seto sat together on a sofa that sat against the operation room. Things were pretty quiet between them as they awaited for an update with the surgery that went on for five straight hours. They greeted each other upon meeting, but, that was it. They hadn't said a word to each other the entire time. Atem would try to start a conversation by bringing up a casual topic, but Seto would just give a mundane answer that would ultimately shut down any interest for the conversation. He'd only reply with 'Mmhm', 'Yeah', 'Sure', and nothing else.

The Egyptian could figure out why, things were still awkward between them even after all this time. Whenever they talked, they would be around others. Yami, Yugi or Joey would be nearby. But alone? They hadn't had a one-on-one together in a year. It was like they didn't even know each other. Again, Atem could see why things were like this. He used to fuck Yami's older brother with an age gap, they had a very toxic relationship before Yami showed up that got even worse once he reunited with Yugi, they nearly murdered each other in a hotel room after a horrible argument, and now he was fucking his little brother and someone he didn't even like: Yugi.

Atem wasn't sure if there was resentment, embarrassment or guilt hidden behind Seto's eyes, but something was obviously there. He moved on thanks to Joey, and they had a good relationship now, but something was still on his mind. After Yugi, and before anyone else, Seto was still Atem's friend. Even though he got on his damn nerves, he was still a very close ally when he thought his only friend in the world died. He was there for him. Sure, it was in a pretty cold and standoffish way, but he still supported Atem. He heard him out, let him vent to him, gave him decent advice, and even ate together with him during mission breaks.

Sometimes, he'd even make him feel better in a variety of ways. One of those ways being sexual, or emotional.

"S-Seto...Please, make the pain go away..."

"What are you on about? I-" A pause. "Are you crying...?"

"I'm begging you, please. The flashbacks won't stop, I need to know that it doesn't hurt. I need you."

"..." Another pause. "Get on the bed, but don't take off your clothes. I'm not going to do anything to you this time. That isn't what you need right now, that would only warp your view of sex even more. It'd do more harm than good."

"W-What? But-"

"But nothing, lay down. I'll make it all go away, in a different way."

That night, he held him until he stopped crying and eventually fell asleep. He didn't try to pleasure him to make the bad memories go away, he only embraced him to make the flashbacks stop. Seto wasn't completely heartless, he never was. He just wanted someone to love, and to be loved. Just like everyone else in D75. Just like any normal human being in general. After Dartz and Ishizu, Seto was the only person who he told about his rape at the time. He was the only one who stayed with him every night after that incident to console him. That wasn't being a fuck-buddy, that was being a true friend. In return, Atem did the same.

That's why Seto took the 'break up' so badly, because he truly thought they could have been a thing if it wasn't for Yami or Yugi.

To this day, even after everything they've been through, Atem would still very easily trust Seto with his life if the situation called for it. Things didn't have to be this way. They still had a friendship, didn't they? Besides, if he was ever invited over his mansion with Joey and Mokuba there, he didn't want things to be uncomfortable for anyone, including himself.

So, Atem leaned against the couch and turned in Seto's direction. "You know, Seto," He suddenly said. "You don't have to act so awkward around me."

The tall man made a grumpy grunt in response. "I've no idea what you're talking about, Cereza."

"Bullshit goes but so far with me, Seto. You know that." He turned to look back at wall in front of him. A bulletin board with lists of scientific missions listed for the scientists in this ward, hung on the wall. "I know you better than anyone else here besides pretty boy. You're still so nervous around me."

That ego of his spread it's feathers to him in blatant denial. "Nervous around you?" He scoffed. "You're joking, right?"

Atem crossed his legs. It felt weird not squatting on the floor like he normally does. "Not at all. You were always nervous around me, even when we were kids." He chuckled a little. "You were the oldest one out of all of us, and I was the youngest. Yet you still trembled at the very sight of me approaching you." He smirked. He knew Seto was dying to retort back to that. "Looks like nothing's changed."

"I didn't come here to banter with you, I came here to support my little brother." He scowled. "He's getting his eyes and brain probed by that mutant and your bumbling sister, and you think now is the prime time to taunt me?"

Like normal, Atem didn't let his words crawl under his skin. He was so used to shrugging things off by now, that it was practically nothing. "If I was taunting you, I'd be having fun." He calmly replied. "Frankly, I'm just as nervous as you are. Not because of you, but because of Yami. I see now that I'm not the only reason why you're anxious." He turned back to him with an empathetic expression. "Trust me, I get it. I love him, and so do you. You don't trust Yugi or Mana, and you think they're going to screw him up."

Seto said nothing in return, and still refused to look in his direction.

"Yugi is literally a genius, and so is Mana. You don't give them enough credit. Do you honestly think they'd let anything happen to him with both of us on the other side of the room? With Ishizu standing by? Of course not." He answered for him. He tugged his own jacket forward to adjust it as he spoke. "Now as for me, that's a different story."

"...Why can't you just sit here and be quiet?"

"Simple. I don't want to, and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it." Atem countered. "We used to be a thing, now we're not. I'm with your brother, and you've got a new one to chase after. Get over it." He said with a more rougher approach. "I'm an ex, nothing more. You don't have to act like I don't exist. We were still friends before all that shit happened, weren't we?"

With a minute of silence, Atem figured he wouldn't get an answer again. He sighed and looked away. He was so damn stubborn- "...Yeah, we were." Oh. Well that was unexpected. He actually said something back to him. "Whenever I couldn't go to Yami or Mokuba, I went to you. You listened to everything I had to say."

Okay, they were getting somewhere. "Yeah, and you did the same for me. You did a lot for me."

"As you did for me. Just never gave you the credit that you deserved, I suppose."

"Well if that's the case, you can be yourself around me. We can talk just like how we used to. It'd make Yami and Joey happy knowing we were cool."

Seto's eyes shifted. "Or skeptical."

Atem rose a brow to that and glanced at him. "That's what you're worried about? That they'll think we're trying to get back together?" After hearing no immediate answer once again, the Egyptian replied with a smile. "Seto, they're better than that. Yami was only on your ass because you were actively trying to get in my pants while I was still dating him. Now you're not, and you're with someone else. Ever since you and Joey hooked up, Yami never once accused you for anything. Neither did Yugi." He carefully placed a hand on his shoulder, making the brunette slowly turn his way with an unsure frown. "You think you're going to fuck something up again. But you won't, so stop worrying about stuff like that."

Hesitantly, Seto's hands unfolded themselves from his lap. He then sighed and looked away again while extending his hand out to Atem. Seeing the offer a shake, a truce, made Atem smile a little. He was finally learning to let his ego and anxiety go to actually live his life. With a brighter expression, Atem clasped his hand with Seto's, and firmly shook it.

And once they did, all hell broke loose.

The entire building trembled, almost throwing the two men off of the sofa. Throughout the entire ward, they heard gasps and voices of concern from other agents and scientists. What the hell was going on? Then, red lights began to flash all through the building. The security system was going off! They saw the more combat ready soldiers rush into the science ward with guns and other weapons, demanding for people who couldn't fight to find a safe place to evacuate to. Seto and Atem instantly shot up from their seats with one thing in mind. Their loved ones were all inside of the operation room, and it was sound proof so they could focus on the operation. They were still operating on Yami, they weren't finished yet and they were completely vulnerable.

"Attention all D75 faculty, there are intruders inside the facility. All non-combatant agents please report to a panic room while combat ready soldiers purge the building of interlopers. All combat ready soldiers, please report to the entrance of HQ to eradicate the intruders."

That wasn't Ishizu talking, she was still in the operating room. That was one of the superiors, Crawford. That meant this was completely serious if the very head of the Superiors had to step in to make an announcement.

They had to get them out of there, right now!

Seto looked at Atem and reached for one of his twin pistols on the side of his belt. He still had his holster on at all times, no matter the situation. As for Atem, he didn't have his swords with him. But it didn't matter, he could find something to use. Worst case scenario, he'd break someone's face with his fist alone. "Cereza, get Muto and the others out of that room. Yami's head might be open for all we know, they need to get him to more secure area." He cocked his gun and held it with both hands to ready his body for a fight. "I'll head to the lobby, you just keep them safe."

Without hesitation, Atem nodded with a determined frown. He watched as the tall brunette rushed down the hall to one of the corridors, leading to the elevators that led directly to the lobby. The Egyptian wasted no more time to run to the doors of the operation room and bust through. "Ishizu!" He called loudly. The circle of doctors around the operation table was broken up. They were already equipping guns and other weapons that were hidden in certain places in the room. Mana was pulling off her guns from her garter belt underneath her pants, and Yugi was adjusting his cattle prod-rod. They were already prepared for an emergency, good.

Ishizu was reloading her tranquilizer gun, yanking off the goggles and sanitary clothing from her form. As were everyone else. Yugi ripped off his mask and pulled the scrunchy from out of his head to free his hair. "Atemu, you don't have your swords with you, do you?"

"No, but it doesn't matter." Atem quickly replied as he pushed passed some of the other doctors and got in front of Yami, who was still unconscious on the bed. When he did, he flinched and hesitated in taking another step. Holy shit, his head was open. His fucking head really was open. Part of his skull and his brains, they were all very visible. His eyes, they were still in his cranium but...Oh God, he was gonna be sick. Atem has seen the very worst of humanity several times in his life, and he's seen many atrocities.

But nothing will beat the very image of seeing his own boyfriend's skull split open, with tools sticking out of it.

Suddenly, he tore his eyes away from Yami and looked at Yugi. "What are you going to do about him? His brains are out in the fucking open."

Yugi tossed Mana a clip of bullets while throwing off his lab coat to get more comfortable. Underneath everyone's clothes were casual everyday clothing, with weapons strapped or attached to their limbs. They were still agents at the end of the day, none of them were foolish enough to show up for work defenseless. The hacker pulled his phone out from his back jeans pocket and began tapping away with his thumb. "I'm staying here. Everyone else will leave to fight the bastards off, including you."

That made Atem furrow his brows. "You're going to stay here and defend Yami by yourself? Are you fucking nuts?"

Yugi gave him a very serious expression, looking up from his phone with sharpened purple eyes. "I protected Mokuba by myself with dozens of men shooting hundreds of rounds inside of my body all at once. The most he got was a small graze on his cheek from a stray bullet. If I could manage that, I can protect Yami."

Atem wanted to protest against that, but he was right. Yugi couldn't die by normal causes, and it wouldn't matter if they gunned him down. He'd still keep moving to shield Yami from any danger. He was stronger than Yami, and he was quicker than Atem. He had both things the other men didn't have along with regenerative abilities. He could do this, he had to trust him.

Behind him, a warm hand grasped his shoulder. Ishizu looked down at Atem, wanting to give him more confidence in their decision. "I am the one who ordered for Yugi to stay with Yami by himself. The facility is low on soldiers, and ever since we lost you, we've been handicapped of raw power. We need as many people as we can get who can fight. Yugi will be fine on his own." She let go of his shoulder blade to walk in front of him, holding her tranquilizer gun against her neck with one hand. "The only issue is, will you spill blood for us one more time?"

Yes, Atem did promise that. That he'd never fight for D75 ever again. Slyly, Atem scoffed and began walking away towards the doors to the operation room. "Pretty boy is unconscious with needles sticking out of his face," He watched as Mana stepped beside him to hand him a handgun. "And my bumbling baby sister is gonna be out there fighting all by herself, participating in her first raid." He gave her a noogie and took the gun away from the now pouting girl. "I'm not doing this for your shitty bosses, I'm doing this for them. Nothing more."

And for you, he was probably going to say. She smiled at his attitude. "Very well." She nodded for the others to follow her out of the room. "Then let's get this over with."

They then stampeded out of the operation room, leaving Yugi alone with Yami's body.

...And Heba tapping into his mind.

END - 27!

I know, late as hell update. I'm sorry, there's no excuse. It's the same shit every time.

I know this story's been 'slow' for the most part, but that's gonna change for a while. Can't promise it'll last for long, but shit is definitely gonna go down. A lot, of heavy ass shit.